Dynamics on supersingular \(K3\) surfaces (Q2374417)

This paper exhibits an explicit automorphism of Salem degree \(22\) on an infinite series of supersingular \(K3\) surfaces, \(X(p)\), of Artin invariant \(\sigma=1\) in characteristic \(p\equiv 2\pmod 3\). The automorphism does not lift to any characteristic zero model of \(X(p)\). The exact formulation of the result is given in the following theorem. {Theorem}: For any odd prime \(p\equiv 2\pmod 3\), there exists an explicit \(g\in\text{{Aut}}(X(p))\) of Salem degree \(22\). No power \(g^r (r\in{\mathbb{Z}}\setminus\{0\})\) lifts to any characteristic zero model of \(X(p)\). The key ingredient in the construction of an explicit automorphism is the theory of elliptic fibrations on \(K3\) surfaces, in particular, Mordell--Weill lattices. It is shown that the characteristic polynomial of the automorphism on the second cohomology group is an irreducible Salem polynomial of degree \(22\) with coefficients varying with \(p\).